TABLE 3.
Mutation frequencies in strain CC105 harboring pBR329 plasmids with cloned mutated mutD genesa
| Strain | Mutation frequency (108)
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Rifr | Lac+ | |
| Wild type | 3.8 | 0.9 |
| H24G | 2.5 | 0.4 |
| H28G | 7.2 | 5.2 |
| H49G | 4.4 | 2.7 |
| H66G | 49.0 | 27.7 |
| H98G | 1,282.2 | 142.4 |
| H162G | 3,680.4 | 66.6 |
| H225G | 4.0 | 0.5 |
Each mutant carries an altered mutD gene, which results in a histidine-to-glycine change at the indicated amino acid position in the ɛ subunit. For details, see the footnote to Table 1.